myafricanqueen

Ohhhhhhh My GOodness! Whatta GreyT Surprise to read this this am! I am SO happy for you I wanted to jump up and down here at work, buuuut then I thought that people may think I am even more weird than they already do!! lol I REALLY REALLY hope it's him!!! :woohoo:

How about this? My breeder has this picture posted on his website. I think its very interesting!

thanks Christina!

AWE COOL! I:P like this

{Feel-good-0002006E} OMG! hahahahaaaaaaa LOL thats so fricken Funny! I love it!

IM SOO SOOO SORRY TO HEAR THIS... RIP Annie. I was forced to sell my Arabian Mare "Brandy" when I was 16 years old. I loved her SO much and spend hours everyday with her, grooming, riding the trails in British Columbia Canada, and cleaning her stall out so on and so on.... Now, she was in good health when I had to sell her due to my mother becoming a single parent. Looking after me and the bills of boarding and feed and vets having her shod was too much money for my mom to put out each month. I still remember the day and how it felt to have to walk out to her in the pasture and put on her halter and lead her to that trailer. I cried the whole time. The man who my mother sold her to said at anytime if you can afford her again I will sell her back to you. Well, the day came a year or so later and I had a job and finally could take her back. (I had gone to visit her in the meantime and cried then too.) The man turned around and said he wants to keep her now as she was the ONLY horse he had that was so well trained and kids could be around her on her and she was great with them. I was so sad and angry that he did that to me,. he lied. (I had called the SPCA on him, as she had not been taken care of well at all. Ithink maybe that is why he turned around and said I wont sell her to you) The SPCA kept in touch with me to let me know that they have told him to do a list of things or Brandy would be taken away from him. TO end my LONG story I know how it feels to lose a horse or to watch them suffer in any way.

Dan.....I am really sorry to hear this. I know what you must be feeling and I REALLY hope that he is found and makes his way home to you. I can tell you love him very much.

Haha they look adorable in the tub lol Made me smile! :lol:

Thats great to hear as I am planning to go to see my sister in August. She is due to have her baby then, and was wondering what some of the other people here do when they go out of town.

Thanks SchroedersJen,Natasha and Jan08! Your words were really comforting, and I am glad that I am not alone in this situation. people can get hurt feelings like you said SchroedersJen, but people get over them as well, and just accept things for what they are. I just want to say that I have no intentions of choosing between Dalia and my Partner. Its not about picking one or the other, we just need to find a happy medium/balance. My Partner does Respect Dalia as well as our other 4 Fids. He spends time with each of them daily. He has a great bond with Conner our GCC, and also Moe our Loviebird. Two days ago our Cockatiel actually surprised me and went to him and hopped to his shoulder. Having a grey is different in a lot of ways in comparison to our other birdies so its just going to take time for my partner to learn the different behaviour and needs of Dalia. We will keep on trying some of the things suggested here by you wonderful people and if in the end Dalia just doesnt want a relationship with him then so be it. I will continue to spend time with her on my own as I have been and as long as I can give her all she needs she will still be a happy grey!!

Good for you guys... Im so happy that he got outside!

<br><br>Post edited by: myafricanqueen, at: 2009/06/03 04:02

Thanks Judy! caitb2007, Dalia hatched Jan. 20/09:silly:

WELCOME! Your grey is beautiful... If you have more pictures I really wanna see em!

Congrats on the your lil boy! He sounds like a super smart Grey too...B)

Man o man sounds like you have a very smart little grey there, thanks for sharing that cute story! :laugh:

Dalia loves Cantaloupe...seeds and all. She gets it about 3 times a week. Almonds & Pine nuts are a for sure FAV of hers as well.

hahaha hilarious Char! too funny PLEEEEEASE geta video We GOTTA see this...lol

So so sorry...things will get better with time sweety. Cristen

Thanks EVERYONE! I really really appreciate EVERY comment! Dave007 I know exactly what you mean. I am not just accepting her fate as a one person bird. We won’t/aren’t going to just give up on her ever! He ( my partner ) said he gave her, her FAV treat " a few almonds" while I am/was here at work, He didn’t take/let her out as he said he won’t be able to get her back in. ( without another bite ) My plan is to tell him that when he is home at lunch to let her out for that hour and when it’s time to leave the house let her see that he is putting treats in her dish in her cage, and she will Def go back in on her own to eat them and he can close her cage that way with her in there. That will show that he can be trusted and that he won’t try and have contact with her if she is not willing. It’s really our fault she bit him, she did give signs and I actually did tell him just to let her be and wait till she is ready to be pet, I don’t want her to REALLY bite you and break the skin. But, he did so there you have it. We will work on this together and I know she will one day be ok with him. It’ll just take a lil time n patience. feeling better now....Cristen

YEAH I know I read a lot about greys and read that they can be a ONE PERSON BIRD. But, I was really hoping we could both enjoy her. I guess not for now. we will just try and let him give her almonds and some other fav's and see if she will slowly warm up to him. I usually dont sit right beside him with her im always in the chair and alone with her for cuddle time at nite, So I guess it will stay that way for a while. She thanks for your help.

Yeah I warned him to stop trying to pet her and just let her watch him. But, He is not patient like me so she bit him as her warings were not listened to. I in no way made her feel like it was her fault or that she was bad for biting as I understand birds well. I have many ideas as to why she doesnt like him. But wondered if I am a rare case. I thank you for your input SHE...

Poor girl I hope you feel better soon... I feel for you.

kewl! I like em!

CONGRATULATIONS! I have to say I am VERY jealous though!